Quotes of Ambrose Bierce

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Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.

- Ambrose Bierce

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“ Drunk and alone and hopelessly in love with the idea that someday somehow it might just get better. ”

- Stefanie Sybens

“ Sometimes the hardest one to see . . .is the one standing right before you. ”

- Lenora Porch

“ Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualitieshis rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ Willingness to show we are interested in our children’s needs takes the burden and worries off their minds. It shows compassion on our end, and it builds trust on their end. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. ”

- Alain de Botton

“ Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. ”

- Mary Roberts Rinehart

“ Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ”

- Kyle Chandler

“ My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. ”

- W. E. B. Du Bois

“ Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ The purpose of life is to love, the purpose of love is to live. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ A heart filled with anger has no room for love. ”

- Joan Lunden

“ Whether you know or not, you are the infinite potential of love, peace and joy ”

- Amit Ray

“ The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person’s life. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially ”

- Veronica Roth

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you. ”

- Chuck Klosterman

“ At one time or another we are all called to leave the safety of our homes, the certainty of what we know, the illusions of who we are. Not everyone will heed this call, of course. And those who do will risk losing themselves completely. But if we choose to ignore the invitation, we risk never knowing who we might have become. We risk dying without knowing what it is to live. ”

- Thomas Lloyd Qualls

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ”

- Henry David Thoreau